HAPPY UNOFFICIAL ST PATRICK’S DAY

Today’s weather: cloudy and windy, with occasional vomit.

Hey, it looks like almost nothing is going on in Central Illinois for actual St Patrick’s Day. That can’t be right, can it? I must be out of the loop.

And if I’m out of the loop when it comes to Irish music events, I don’t see much point in doing this newsletter. So here’s what I’ll do: I’ll wait and see if any more info comes in, then send out another mailing a week from today. Depending on what happens between now and then, it may be the final one. (Sending event announcements for CEOL is easy: just email me at the address at the bottom of this post. Please include actual details and not just a link to a website.)

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Lauri writes:

As everyone probably knows by now, Thom Larson suffered a severe heart attack a few weeks ago followed by quadruple bypass surgery. He’s on the mend, but we can help him feel better with cards and well-wishes—and donations wouldn’t hurt, as he has no insurance to cover the exorbitant bills. If you’d like to send a card to Thom, please send it to the following address:

Thom Larson
P.O. Box 3025
Bloomington, IL 61702

To which I add:

You can also PayPal a donation to donations@thewhistleshop.com. In case you don’t know Thom, he’s the owner of the Whistle Shop, a member of the band Bloomsday, host of the Bloomington-Normal slow session, and an all-around good guy. Feel better, Thom!

Saturday 3 March, 7:00 PM
AN EVENING OF DANCE
Virginia Theatre
203 West Park
Champaign, Illinois
tix: 217-356-9063
$8 / $5 children and seniors “Join us as Dance Arts students present offerings in Classical Ballet and Irish dance.”

Sunday 4 March, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION
Mike & Molly’s
105 North Market Street [map]
Champaign, Illinois
217-355-1236
Free

Hosted by yours truly.

Wednesday 7 March, 7:00 to 10:00 PM
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION
Bentley’s Pub
419 North Neil Street
Champaign, Illinois
217-355-1236
Free

This session takes place every Wednesday.

Thursday 8 March, 7:30 PM
CHERISH THE LADIES
Loeb Playhouse
Stewart Center, Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
$15 advance / $18 day of show /$10 high school age and younger

Info: Friends of Bob

They’ll also be at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Friday 9 February.

ELSEWHERE:

For Irish music events farther afield, you can’t go wrong visiting these sites:

Stress Cafe
Chicago, Milwaukee, etc.

Irish KC
Kansas City, Missouri

QUOTE OF THE MOMENT

Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It’s frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it’s impossibly sad like slow music, yeah?

—Shane MacGowan

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